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Feasting Our Hearts on God’s Great Work in Gondar Connections A publication of Jewish Voice Ministries International December 2012 O n October 1-5, more than 60 volunteer medical professionals and support staff from five continents united for five days for one purpose: to be a blessing to the Beta Israel of Gondar, Ethiopia, and their neighbors, in Yeshua’s Name. As our propeller plane landed at Gondar Airport, the Ade Ababa (“new flower”), which blooms throughout Ethiopia every year around Sukkot, glowed bright yellow on the hillsides and along the roads where donkeys carried their burdens, and small children shepherded flocks of goats dangerously close to traffic. e brightness of the Ade Ababa reminded me of Yeshua’s words—that the fields are ripe for harvest. A team of local handymen and foreign volunteers joined together to construct a beautiful sukkah for Sukkot (“Feast of Tabernacles”) on our hotel rooſtop patio. e lights of the sukkah shown downhill toward the city center of Gondar, and several Israeli tourists were drawn to ask us who we were and why we had put it up. Many rejoiced and “dwelt” in the sukkah in the cool night air aſter the hot days of the clinic. It was a delight to celebrate this special appointed time with our Ethiopian Jewish brothers and sisters. Working out of eucalyptus wood tents and a humble guest house-turned-medical clinic, Jewish Voice provided free medical, dental, and eye care to 9,635 patients over Jewish Voice 2012 Outreach Stats Ethiopia Gondar Clinic Dates: October 1 - 5 9,635 Patients Treated 3,685 Salvations Mexico City Festival Dates: Sept. 6-8 22,700 Attendance 773 Salvations Zimbabwe Clinic Dates: May 28 - June 1 7,117 Patients Treated 5,791 Salvations Ethiopia Addis Ababa Clinic Dates: March 5-9 8,448 Patients Treated 2,402 Salvations Ethiopia Woliso Clinic Dates: Feb. 27 - March 2 8,160 Patients Treated 2,265 Salvations Year to Date: 33,360 Patients Treated 14,916 Salvations
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Page 1: Connections, December 2012

From the heart of

Jonathan BernisGreetings and shalom, dear friend,

We are thrilled at what God has been doing in our midst as we seek to minister to His Lost Tribes around the globe. Our reach is extending, and we are making more of an impact on hearts and minds for the Lord than ever.

In October, we traveled again to Gondar, Ethiopia, to offer the Beta Israel Jewish community free medical care through a five-day clinic. And we reached a new milestone—the most patients treated through a Jewish Voice Gondar medical outreach since we began work among the Beta Israel in 1999! Plus, 3,645 of these precious people prayed to receive Yeshua as their Messiah.

We believe it’s time to water the harvest God has given us through strategic follow-up. Our African brothers and sisters in Yeshua need continual discipleship by Messianic leaders within their own community. That’s why we also returned recently to the Lemba of Zimbabwe, who we first ministered to in May, to check on the Messianic congregation that we started there with the help of MJBI.

Nearly 200 Lemba Believers crowded together under the sukkah for a Saturday morning Shabbat service during the Feast of Tabernacles. As we stood under that booth, we were reminded that the suffering and displacement of His People—even His precious Lemba—was merely temporary.

Please pray for this new Jewish community as they seek to honor the Lord by renouncing cultural practices of witchcraft and extreme alcohol abuse. I am confident that the Lord will prevail and sanctify the traditions of the Lemba. There is no question in my mind that with leadership, teaching, and logistical assistance, this Lemba community can grow into one of the most influential Messianic movements in the world.

Thanks again, friend, for your support whether through financial gifts, prayer, or traveling with us as a minister of the Gospel. You are an essential part of God’s plan.

Your partner to reach the Jew first and also the Nations,

Jonathan Bernis, President & CEO Jewish Voice Ministries

Feasting Our Hearts on God’s Great Work in Gondar

ConnectionsA publication of Jewish Voice Ministries International

December 2012

Connections

On October 1-5, more than 60 volunteer medical professionals and support staff from five

continents united for five days for one purpose: to be a blessing to the Beta Israel of Gondar, Ethiopia, and their neighbors, in Yeshua’s Name.

As our propeller plane landed at Gondar Airport, the Ade Ababa (“new flower”), which blooms throughout Ethiopia every year around Sukkot, glowed bright yellow on the hillsides and along the roads where donkeys carried their burdens, and small children shepherded flocks of goats dangerously close to traffic. The brightness of the Ade Ababa reminded me of Yeshua’s words—that the fields are ripe for harvest.

A team of local handymen and foreign volunteers joined together to construct a beautiful sukkah for Sukkot (“Feast of Tabernacles”) on our hotel rooftop patio. The lights of the sukkah shown downhill toward the city center of Gondar, and several Israeli tourists were drawn to ask us who we were and why we had put it up. Many rejoiced and “dwelt” in the sukkah in the cool night air after the hot days of the clinic. It was a delight to celebrate this special appointed time with our Ethiopian Jewish brothers and sisters.

Working out of eucalyptus wood tents and a humble guest house-turned-medical clinic, Jewish Voice provided free medical, dental, and eye care to 9,635 patients over

Jewish Voice

2012Outreach Stats

EthiopiaGondar

Clinic Dates: October 1 - 5

9,635Patients Treated

3,685 Salvations

Mexico CityFestival Dates: Sept. 6-8

22,700Attendance

773 Salvations

ZimbabweClinic Dates: May 28 - June 1

7,117Patients Treated

5,791 Salvations

EthiopiaAddis Ababa

Clinic Dates: March 5-9

8,448Patients Treated

2,402 Salvations

EthiopiaWoliso

Clinic Dates: Feb. 27 - March 2

8,160Patients Treated

2,265 Salvations

Year to Date:33,360

Patients Treated

14,916 Salvations

Jewish Voice Ministries UKAdmail 4224 | London W2 4UN

www.jvmi.co.uk | 1-855-9-YESHUA

Jewish Voice Ministries CanadaP.O. Box 476 | Maple Ridge, BC V2X 3P2www.jewishvoice.ca | 1-855-7-YESHUA

Jewish Voice Ministries InternationalP.O. Box 31998 | Phoenix, AZ 85046-1998www.jewishvoice.org | 800-299-YESHUA

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Jewish Voice Connections December 2012

Connectionsfive days. A total of 6,896 received medical care; 846 saw a dentist for cleanings, fillings, and extractions; 1,893 received individual eye care, including reading glasses enabling them to read clearly once again and treatment to counteract disease and degeneration; and 527 desperately poor people received basic clothing and shoes in our Clothing Distribution Center. This represents the most patients treated in a Jewish Voice Gondar medical outreach since we began work among the Beta Israel in 1999.

While we rejoice in being used by God as a physical blessing to nearly ten thousand people, we rejoice even more that the Lord of the Harvest provided a great spiritual breakthrough in Gondar. Some 4,185 of the patients treated chose to come into our Prayer and Counseling Tent, led by Rabbi Jack Zimmerman, to hear about the reason for the hope and love that we have. Each one had an opportunity to hear the Good News of Yeshua, and 3,685 prayed to receive Him as their Messiah!

Jewish Voice Connections www.jewishvoicetoday.org

Gondar Ministry Coordinator Sammy Zemichael and a team of elders from our local Messianic congregation are following up with each of these individuals to discuss the decision they have made and their next steps to growth in Messiah Yeshua. Please pray that these new Believers would grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Yeshua, and thank the Lord of the Harvest with us that, as He promised, Yeshua will lose none of those the Father has given Him.

As is the Lord’s heart for His Chosen People, we are

committed to returning again and again to the Jewish communities of Ethiopia, standing in the gap between their grievous present circumstances and their glorious prophetic destiny to return to the Lord and to return to the Land of Israel. Thank you for your continued prayers and support. We depend deeply upon each of you, knowing you stand with us as we stand with our people.

— Benjamin Levitt,

Jewish Voice Lead International Logistics Manager

Photos by Rusty Clarke

Page 3: Connections, December 2012

Jewish Voice Connections December 2012

Connectionsfive days. A total of 6,896 received medical care; 846 saw a dentist for cleanings, fillings, and extractions; 1,893 received individual eye care, including reading glasses enabling them to read clearly once again and treatment to counteract disease and degeneration; and 527 desperately poor people received basic clothing and shoes in our Clothing Distribution Center. This represents the most patients treated in a Jewish Voice Gondar medical outreach since we began work among the Beta Israel in 1999.

While we rejoice in being used by God as a physical blessing to nearly ten thousand people, we rejoice even more that the Lord of the Harvest provided a great spiritual breakthrough in Gondar. Some 4,185 of the patients treated chose to come into our Prayer and Counseling Tent, led by Rabbi Jack Zimmerman, to hear about the reason for the hope and love that we have. Each one had an opportunity to hear the Good News of Yeshua, and 3,685 prayed to receive Him as their Messiah!

Jewish Voice Connections www.jewishvoicetoday.org

Gondar Ministry Coordinator Sammy Zemichael and a team of elders from our local Messianic congregation are following up with each of these individuals to discuss the decision they have made and their next steps to growth in Messiah Yeshua. Please pray that these new Believers would grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Yeshua, and thank the Lord of the Harvest with us that, as He promised, Yeshua will lose none of those the Father has given Him.

As is the Lord’s heart for His Chosen People, we are

committed to returning again and again to the Jewish communities of Ethiopia, standing in the gap between their grievous present circumstances and their glorious prophetic destiny to return to the Lord and to return to the Land of Israel. Thank you for your continued prayers and support. We depend deeply upon each of you, knowing you stand with us as we stand with our people.

— Benjamin Levitt,

Jewish Voice Lead International Logistics Manager

Photos by Rusty Clarke

Page 4: Connections, December 2012

From the heart of

Jonathan BernisGreetings and shalom, dear friend,

We are thrilled at what God has been doing in our midst as we seek to minister to His Lost Tribes around the globe. Our reach is extending, and we are making more of an impact on hearts and minds for the Lord than ever.

In October, we traveled again to Gondar, Ethiopia, to offer the Beta Israel Jewish community free medical care through a five-day clinic. And we reached a new milestone—the most patients treated through a Jewish Voice Gondar medical outreach since we began work among the Beta Israel in 1999! Plus, 3,645 of these precious people prayed to receive Yeshua as their Messiah.

We believe it’s time to water the harvest God has given us through strategic follow-up. Our African brothers and sisters in Yeshua need continual discipleship by Messianic leaders within their own community. That’s why we also returned recently to the Lemba of Zimbabwe, who we first ministered to in May, to check on the Messianic congregation that we started there with the help of MJBI.

Nearly 200 Lemba Believers crowded together under the sukkah for a Saturday morning Shabbat service during the Feast of Tabernacles. As we stood under that booth, we were reminded that the suffering and displacement of His People—even His precious Lemba—was merely temporary.

Please pray for this new Jewish community as they seek to honor the Lord by renouncing cultural practices of witchcraft and extreme alcohol abuse. I am confident that the Lord will prevail and sanctify the traditions of the Lemba. There is no question in my mind that with leadership, teaching, and logistical assistance, this Lemba community can grow into one of the most influential Messianic movements in the world.

Thanks again, friend, for your support whether through financial gifts, prayer, or traveling with us as a minister of the Gospel. You are an essential part of God’s plan.

Your partner to reach the Jew first and also the Nations,

Jonathan Bernis, President & CEO Jewish Voice Ministries

Feasting Our Hearts on God’s Great Work in Gondar

ConnectionsA publication of Jewish Voice Ministries International

December 2012

Connections

On October 1-5, more than 60 volunteer medical professionals and support staff from five

continents united for five days for one purpose: to be a blessing to the Beta Israel of Gondar, Ethiopia, and their neighbors, in Yeshua’s Name.

As our propeller plane landed at Gondar Airport, the Ade Ababa (“new flower”), which blooms throughout Ethiopia every year around Sukkot, glowed bright yellow on the hillsides and along the roads where donkeys carried their burdens, and small children shepherded flocks of goats dangerously close to traffic. The brightness of the Ade Ababa reminded me of Yeshua’s words—that the fields are ripe for harvest.

A team of local handymen and foreign volunteers joined together to construct a beautiful sukkah for Sukkot (“Feast of Tabernacles”) on our hotel rooftop patio. The lights of the sukkah shown downhill toward the city center of Gondar, and several Israeli tourists were drawn to ask us who we were and why we had put it up. Many rejoiced and “dwelt” in the sukkah in the cool night air after the hot days of the clinic. It was a delight to celebrate this special appointed time with our Ethiopian Jewish brothers and sisters.

Working out of eucalyptus wood tents and a humble guest house-turned-medical clinic, Jewish Voice provided free medical, dental, and eye care to 9,635 patients over

Jewish Voice

2012Outreach Stats

EthiopiaGondar

Clinic Dates: October 1 - 5

9,635Patients Treated

3,685 Salvations

Mexico CityFestival Dates: Sept. 6-8

22,700Attendance

773 Salvations

ZimbabweClinic Dates: May 28 - June 1

7,117Patients Treated

5,791 Salvations

EthiopiaAddis Ababa

Clinic Dates: March 5-9

8,448Patients Treated

2,402 Salvations

EthiopiaWoliso

Clinic Dates: Feb. 27 - March 2

8,160Patients Treated

2,265 Salvations

Year to Date:33,360

Patients Treated

14,916 Salvations

Jewish Voice Ministries UKAdmail 4224 | London W2 4UN

www.jvmi.co.uk | 1-855-9-YESHUA

Jewish Voice Ministries CanadaP.O. Box 476 | Maple Ridge, BC V2X 3P2www.jewishvoice.ca | 1-855-7-YESHUA

Jewish Voice Ministries InternationalP.O. Box 31998 | Phoenix, AZ 85046-1998www.jewishvoice.org | 800-299-YESHUA

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